Supply Chain Management
Department of Supply Chain Management and Decision Sciences
Dr. Paul Brown, Department Chair
Wright-Young Hall, Room 312
Telephone: (404) 880-8154
Pbrown1@cau.edu
The mission of the Department of Supply Chain Management and Decision Sciences is to prepare diverse students with skills in quantitative methods, information technology, and supply chain management for successful careers in a global environment. The vision of the Department of Supply Chain Management and Decision Sciences is to engage students and business professionals in collaborative learning initiatives that lead to leadership careers in supply chain management and analytics.
Program Description
The curriculum is designed to focus on improving the quality of managerial decision making processes for managers and small business entrepreneurs in a complex and dynamic global environment. The core courses offered in the areas of quantitative methods, operations/supply chain management and information systems emphasize the application of analytical tools and techniques in analyzing and solving business problems and other critical functional areas of business for manufacturing and service sectors.
Supply Chain Management
The Supply Chain Management Concentration provides the requisite analytical and operational skills to manage various production and operational functions in a technologically-driven business environment. In addition to the foundation core courses in statistical analysis, economics, decision sciences, and information systems, students take courses in advanced quantitative techniques, production and operations, systems analysis and design, database management, and supply chain to enhance their ability to recognize, analyze, and solve complex business problems.
Student Learning Outcomes
Graduates of the Supply Chain Management Concentration will be able to:
- Be able to apply an integrated enterprise approach of flows of goods, services and information from raw materials to suppliers to end customer.
- Be able to use strategic sourcing and purchasing concepts to optimize supply chain operations.
- Apply lean sigma approach to impose quality of supply chain processes
- Formulate approaches to mitigate supply chain risk
- Understand the implications of supply chain initiatives in terms of key financial performance metrics.
Degree Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| CBUS 317 | Enterprise Integration Systems | 3 |
| CBUS 362 | Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| CBUS 364 | Procurement and Supply Mgmt | 3 |
| CBUS 474 | Logistics Management | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
| Statistics II | ||
CBUS 315 | ||
| Legal,Social,Ethical Aspect II | ||
| Project Management | ||
| Enterprise Integration Applica | ||
| Data Mining/Visualization | ||
CBUS 438 | ||
| Adv Topics in Supply Chain Mgm | ||
CBUS 470 | ||
| Quality,Diversity,Productivity | ||
| Supply Chain Management Strate | ||
| Modeling the Supply Chain | ||
| Total Hours | 18 | |
Business Administration, B.A., All Concentrations
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | |
| CENG 105 | College Composition I (Area D1) | 3 |
| CGED 100 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| CMAT 109 | College Algebra for Bus & Econ (Area C1) | 3 |
| CBIO 101 | Biological Science (or other course - Area C3) | 3 |
| CFLS 201 or CSTA 101 |
Intermediate Spanish (Area D3) or Fundamentals of Speech |
3 |
| Any Social Science course in Area B | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| CENG 106 | College Composition II (Area D2) | 3 |
| CGED 101 | 1st-Year Seminar | 1 |
| CMAT 110 | Calculus for Bus & Econ (Area C2) | 3 |
| CBUS 250 | Personal Finance (Area E1) | 3 |
| CPSY 211 | General Psychology (or other course - Area B1) | 3 |
| CBUS 120 | Intro to Business Administrati | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| CPHI 105 | Critical Thinking (Area A3) | 3 |
| CECO 251 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| CHIS 201 | United States,Africa & World (Area A2) | 3 |
| CBUS 207 | Principles of Accounting I | 3 |
| CHUM 228 | or other course - Area A1 | 3 |
| CBUS 295 | Leadership & Prof Dev I | 1 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| CBUS 335 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| CECO 252 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| CBUS 206 | Management Info Systems | 3 |
| CBUS 208 | Principles of Accounting II | 3 |
| CBUS 340 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Third Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| CBUS XXX | Business Elective | 3 |
| CBUS 313 | Statistics I | 3 |
| CBUS 325 | Business Communication | 3 |
| CBUS 341 | Business Finance | 3 |
| CBUS 330 | Legal,Social,Ethical Aspect I | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| CBUS XXX | Course in Concentration | 3 |
| CBUS XXX | Course in Concentration | 3 |
| CBUS XXX | Concentration Elective (See list of concentration elective courses) | 3 |
| CBUS 395 | Leadership & Prof Dev II | 1 |
| 2nd Concentration/Minor/Credential/Other | 3 | |
| 2nd Concentration/Minor/Credential/Other | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| CBUS XXX | Course in Concentration | 3 |
| CBUS 460 | Production/Operations Mgmt | 3 |
| CBUS 495 | Leadership & Prof Dev III | 1 |
| CBUS XXX | Concentration Elective (See list of concentration elective courses) | 3 |
| 2nd Concentration/Minor/Credential/Other | 3 | |
| 2nd Concentration/Minor/Credential/Other | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| CBUS 485 | Business Policy | 3 |
| CBUS XXX | Course in Concentration | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Total Hours | 122 | |
Note: A minimum grade of “C” is required in all Business Core Courses, courses taken in the Concentration, CMAT 109 College Algebra for Bus & Econ, CMAT 110 Calculus for Bus & Econ, CENG 105 College Composition I, and CENG 106 College Composition II.